WANT TO BE GOING IN BUT PRICE
WILL DICTATE.
>> STAY WARM.
>> GIGI STONE WAS GRILLED BY
REPUBLICANS ON MATTERS OF
CONFLICT OF INTEREST BUT MADE
REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WE KNOW,
CHARLIE GASPARINO.
>> APPRECIATE EXPRESSIONS THAT
I AM QUALIFIED BUT CHARLIE
GASPARINO SAID THAT ON THE
TUCKER CARLSON SHOW.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE
FIREWORKS.
>> MY COLLAR FITS PERFECTLY.
LET’S BE CLEAR.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
DICTATES HOW SOMEONE NEEDS TO
COMPORT THEMSELVES AS FCC
CHAIR.
IT DOESN’T SAY A FEW ARE
BRILLIANT YOU GET IN.
SHE’S REALLY SMART, BRILLIANT
ON THE ISSUES, STRONG ADVOCATE
FOR TELECOM POLICIES.
I’VE DONE RESEARCH ON HER.
I HAVE NO ANIMUS WITH HER.
SHE IS A PLAYER.
IN THAT JOB YOU NEED TO
SEPARATE FROM THE ISSUES.
SHE WAS CLOSE TO THESE ISSUES
PUSHING NET NEUTRALITY DURING
THE OBAMA YEARS, TREATING
PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PIPES THE
TRANSMIT YOUR CABLE AS
UTILITIES.
HE WANTS TO BRING THAT BACK, PUSH THE ENVELOPE FURTHER THAN
PUSH THE ENVELOPE FURTHER THAN
IT WAS IN THE OBAMA YEARS.
BROADCASTERS ESSENTIALLY
PACKAGE LOCAL PROGRAMMING, THEY
OWN THAT.
SHE BELIEVES YOU CAN TAKE THOSE
AND PIRATE THEM.
HE WAS THE BOARD MEMBER OF LOW
CASTE WHICH DID THAT UNTIL THEY
SHUTDOWN.
ALL THESE THINGS ON TOP OF THE
FACT THAT THERE IS A WEIRD
THING WHERE THE BROADCASTERS
SAID THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH
THE NOMINATION AFTER SHE
RECUSED HERSELF FROM OPINING
FOR ANYTHING INVOLVING
TRANSMISSION FEES.
IT LOOKED LIKE A QUID PRO QUO.
YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER AND THIS
JOB, SHE MIGHT BE A GREAT
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BUT FOR
THIS JOB THERE ARE LEGITIMATE
QUESTIONS BEING RAISED.
SHE WON’T GET REPUBLICAN
SUPPORT.
THE SENATE IS 50/50.
KRISTEN SINEMA, DOES SHE
APPROVE OF THIS?
IF SHE SAYS NO THIS IS DONE.
AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SELECTION THE
BLUE UP OVER TOO PROGRESSIVE.
THERE’S BEEN A BUNCH OF THEM
STARTING WITH NINA TANDEM.
AND THE CONTROL OF CURRENCY.
YOU GO DOWN THE LINE.
TWITTER, MY TWITTER FEED IS
INTERESTING.
I CAN’T IMAGINE I WOULD MAKE IT
THROUGH OUR CONFIRMATION
HEARING WITH MY BASEMENT JOKES.
THEY ARE FUNNY BUT SHE WASN’T
DOING BASEMENT JOKES BUT
JOUSTING WITH PEOPLE, WITH ME TOO.
WHEN YOU LEAVE THAT TYPE OF
PAPER TRAIL -- NOBODY LOVES YOU
BECAUSE YOU ARE AMERICA’S TV
GAL BUT YOU DON’T START
TROUBLE.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN THING.
IF IT WAS ME I WOULD GET
CRUSHED BUT THAT IS GOING ON
WITH GIGI.
IT IS LIKE JOE ROGAN.
JACKIE: YOU SAID THESE MEETINGS
WOULD BE FULL OF FIREWORKS.
HOW LONG DOES THIS GO ON?
CHARLES: TODAY IS IT.
THEY SHOULD GET OUT OF
COMMITTEE, THERE’S A GOOD
CHANCE SHE GETS APPROVED BUT
NOT NECESSARILY.
JOE MANCHIN GETS A VOTE,
WHETHER THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION GOES TO WAR WITH
HIM BUT KRISTEN SINEMA HAS NOT
THE WORD ON THAT.
SHE’S NOT A FAN OF NET
NEUTRALITY.
GIGI IS NOT THE CHAIR BUT
PEOPLE THINK SHE MAY BE FLIPPED
IN THIS CHAIR, SHE WOULD BE FOR
NET NEUTRALITY AND SOME PEOPLE
SAY WHEN YOU HEAR NET
NEUTRALITY WHY SHOULD CABLE
OPERATORS THROTTLE CONTENT THAT
DOESN’T PAY THEM?
IT IS THERE PIPES AND WHEN YOU
SCREW WITH THEM AND MAKE THEM
PAY MORE THEY CUT BACK ON
INNOVATION AND DON’T PUT MONEY
INTO 5G AND GIGI WOULD SAY
THESE UTILITIES ARE SO
IMPORTANT FOR AMERICA IT IS NOT
FAIR.
THOSE ARE THE TWO SIDES OF THE
STORY.
I WAS FAIR WITH HER IN MY
COVERAGE.
SHE WAS NOT PART OF THE DEAL.
IT LOOKS REALLY WEIRD THAT SHE
SIGNED THE DEAL AS SHE WAS
BECOMING AN SEC COMMISSIONER.
IT LOOKS BAD AND THE OPTICS
WERE NOT GOOD.